THe Reclining Budha

Bangkok - loving it

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September 28th 2007
We're sitting at the airport waiting for our flight to Hong Kong. The time has flown by. We've already done so much (and spent too much) but it's fantastic. Dean warned me that Bangkok is dirty, smelly, muggy and a little bit crazy. He's right of course but, excuse the cliche, it's so much more. There is so much to see and do. We arrived Wednesday evening - our hotel was great. We went straight t ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more